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Common sense prevails in securitisation thinking

December 4, 2014

The rethinking of the role of securitisation by regulators is a sensible and welcome development for an area that has been unfairly maligned since the onset of the financial crisis.

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Top 100 banks in China: defying the slowdown

December 1, 2014

Chinese banks are the strongest and most profitable in the world, but they have to deal with a serious economic slowdown.

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China's too-big-to-fail advantage

November 14, 2014

As G20 leaders discuss proposals regarding banks' total loss-absorbing capacity in Brisbane, the advantages held in this regard by China's big state lenders are as stark as ever.

Time for the BRICs to become BRICKs?

November 10, 2014

Kazakhstan's economy is closely tied to that of three of the four BRIC economies – Russia, China and India – so is it time to start calling them the BRICKs?

Peru picks up

Peru bounces back from 'tapering tantrum'

November 3, 2014

Peru's stellar economic performance over the past decade hit a bump in 2013 as a result of the US quantitative easing programme. However, the country's central bank governor sees this as a temporary setback, and reports that the Peruvian economy is back on the track towards long-term growth.

AQR only the start for a eurozone banking union

October 24, 2014

The results of the European asset quality review are due, but regardless of what they unearth there is still much work to be done before a banking union is a realistic possibility.

The gloves are off in the sovereign debt debate

October 20, 2014

The clauses attached to Kazakhstan's latest sovereign bond show that governments are squaring up to so-called vulture funds in the wake of Argentina's recent default.

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Would you credit it? The storm about to hit the financial services world

September 26, 2014

Credit scoring is about to enter the digital age, with potentially huge implications for the financial services world.

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Obituary: Emilio Botín

September 10, 2014

Brian Caplen remembers Santander chairman Emilio Botín, who died in September.

Banks must arm themselves for the age of cyber warfare

September 4, 2014

The dangers of cyber attacks are rapidly becoming apparent to banks, which are having to arm themselves against this new threat at a time when they are already grappling with capital, liquidity and governance risks.

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